Alexander Sergeev

The Art of Finish: 3 Steps to Getting Your Project Done Despite Setbacks

Developers can get discontented if they get called away from a task they are in the middle of, or disrupted in a complex project and then try to go back a week later and try to pick up where they left off. They will lose all of the ‘job well-done enthusiasm’, and all of the ‘step by step’ approach to completing that specific task will be gone. It will be very hard to resume with the same accuracy, efficiency and enthusiasm that was there previously. Read More

Project Complexity: Can Agile Help Reduce It?

Agile methods enable useful practices to establish a dynamic framework that functions over well-defined roles in order to achieve the desired result. Iterative and incremental phases, precise flexible interactions, evolve to establish a highly collaborative and productive team. Read More

Roles in Extreme Programming Methodology

If you are a software developer, you probably know that each project management methodology has its own amount of roles. Sometimes these roles are typical only for one methodology, but there are also cases when a certain role is common for several methods. In this article we will tell you about the roles typical for the Extreme Programming methodology. But before doing that we have to give its full definition. Read More

The Difference between Lean and Agile

The profession of a software developer is now extremely popular. That is why many inexperienced programmers appear in the market of software engineering services every year. Their experience is insufficient, and that is why they often formulate their questions improperly. For example, many developers wonder: “What is the difference between Lean and Agile?” It is quite hard to answer this question, because it is formulated improperly. That is why we have to give the full definitions and descriptions of both methodologies, before answering it. However, good descriptions of software development methods are always useful. So, let’s start our talk with the definition of Agile. Read More

How to Combine Agile and Lean

Modern software development industry has lots of project management methodologies. Some of them are widely used all over the world. Others are less popular. However, all of them have the same goal – to create high quality products and deliver them in time. In recent years the issue of using various software methodologies combinations has been extremely popular. Probably that is the reason why some software developers wonder: “How to combine Agile and Lean?” The first thing we should mention while answering this question is that it is formulated improperly. To understand why it is so, we have to describe the two above mentioned methodologies in greater detail. Read More

The Difference between Lean and Agile Operations

There are lots of software development methodologies in modern world. All of them have different operation strategies. Perhaps that is the reason why some software developers wonder: “What is the difference between Lean and Agile operations?” However, it is hard to answer this question, because it is formulated improperly. Before answering it, we have to give the definitions of Agile and Lean methodologies and describe their operation strategies. Read More

Bug Tracking Tools in Software Testing

Everyone who is interested in software development realizes the importance of software testing for this process. In this article we will tell you about the use of bug tracking tools in software testing and other related. Read More

5 Essential Things to Remember Before Starting a Test

The testing team usually consists of a small number of people from your project team. They will follow your instructions (as the project manager) for guidance on what to expect from the testing in this project, and how should they perform the tests. In this article, we present 5 relevant things to remember about your testers before they get started with their work. Read More

10 Best Practices to Get the Most from Your Distributed Agile Teams

Distributed agile teams can be placed in different locations.

The team can be located in two or more locations;
Product Owner can be on site, and the Team is distant;
A mesh model can be used: product owner is not with an on-site team, and development team is distributed across different locations.

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